A member of RAN GTPase gene family. Encodes a small soluble GTP-binding protein. Likely to be involved in nuclear translocation of proteins. May also be involved in cell cycle progression.
Computational Description
RAN GTPase 3 (RAN3); FUNCTIONS IN: protein binding, GTP binding, GTPase activity; INVOLVED IN: protein import into nucleus; EXPRESSED IN: 23 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 14 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Ran GTPase (InterPro:IPR002041), Small GTP-binding protein (InterPro:IPR005225), Ras (InterPro:IPR013753); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: RAS-related nuclear protein-1 (TAIR:AT5G20010.1); Has 1807 Blast hits to 1807 proteins in 277 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 736; Fungi - 347; Plants - 385; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 339 (source: NCBI BLink).